Instead of going for brightness, perhaps you should go for more contrast. Try toning down the EV a notch or two, you'll achieve better contrast and colours. Worked for me when I was using the Arc a few months back

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@xtorm
X10 post processing compression is to me minimal resulting in better detail. They've done heavy compression on Arc probably to keep the user interface snappy as it wouldn't have to handle bigger files. That's just my suspicion though coz otherwise it wouldn't make sense to dilute the actual quality the sensor is able to produce.

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Wishing Eid Mubarak to all Muslims and happy holidays to all. Please forgive me if I have offended anyone or spoken out of line throughout my participation here. Have a good break everyone





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From this weekend...after a while

















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Thanks If I'm sifu I dunno what to call u

Don't la, how the hell am I supposed to repond to that? I just have the advantage of a nice, relaxing weekend in Bukit Tinggi with good subjects, first time I've been there, highly recommended

I did in fact, got a few nice shots of the family, and that Mantis was taken there, the bugger wouldn't stop moving in the shade, damn hard to get

Even harder to spot in real life! Totally stick-like, good thing it moved

Twilight Tonite



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This post has been edited by mode893: Oct 3 2011, 08:56 PM

From 2 weeks ago



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They're pictures from both France and Switzerland. The last photo was taken on Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe Didn't bring any other camera than my trusty X10

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Added on October 26, 2011, 1:19 am

Some other photos I took..


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This post has been edited by mode893: Oct 26 2011, 01:21 AM

Last installment for now



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Guys, just let me answer this fine chap's question eh?

1) Thanks
2) Yes, I brought only one camera for my European holiday, my X10
3) X10 takes better pictures than N8? In some instances I believe so yes, but definitely not in the macro shot department I think SE's stupid to totally 'forget' to advertise the camera
4) No tools or lens, like I said everything stock software except for Sweep Panorama for some of the landscapes which is now stock in the current Xperias' camera UI. Just clean your lens everytime you pull it out of your pocket to take pics, compose the frame, be aware of your EV and shoot! Works like a charm everytime, why do you think I'm confident enough to leave my dedicated digicam back home

A souvenir I took back



p/s: I think DSLRs are good to make mundane photos look great but in a beautiful place, a mobile camera can capture the beauty just fine

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Yeah, nice one stimix One of my last X10 photos here, my raindrop version



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Wow, that's superb, love the tiny trees in the droplets Say, why don't you guys do them frozen water drop shots eh?

@stimix

Test shots, Arc S





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Some test shots from my new Arc S. I find that while Arc/Arc S seems to be noob-proof (target market is for those who just point and shoot), it cannot excell like X10 which I have found to have a more superior sensor

In conducive daylight


In not so conducive daylight


Low light


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Here, X10 seems to display a brighter image with less noise, and more accurate colours although Arc S colour seem warmer and look sharper (with more noise though) to most

I miss my X10

@aspire2oo6
You're right, at 12mp full resolution combined with a monster optics no phone in the market can top N8's macro detail

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Some more from today








Impressive dynamic range apparently, I thought the skylight frame would be dark for sure as I was shooting straight at the sun on the bottom left

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Thanks love your ant, the megapixel advantage is exploited very well

Some shots from last weekend's JB/S'pore trip





















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